Greetings, I have a G4 DP 500 Mhz., 512 mgs. RAM, ATI Rage 128 Pro video card and a Western Dig. 20 GB drive. OSX 10.4.9 was installed along with "bonus" software when I bought the machine off eBay last year. Recently, just out of nowhere a dialog boxed popped up asking for a password to my system. Not having one, I contacted the previous owner who couldn't come up with anything that worked. So, I bought a retail version of Tiger 10.4 (eBay) and began reinstalling OSX and that is when various problems began. First of all, the OSX disc didn't want to install an older version of the OS and several tries later, it finally accepted a reinstall onto the secondary drive. I went online and updated it to 10.4.11 along with other files Apple included and thought I was nearing completion. When I next tried to install the OS disc on the primary drive, using Erase & Install, then trying Update several times, the machine kept blowing out the install after almost completing the process. (I let it check the install disc for errors just to make sure the disc wasn't faulty.) The install OSX disc puts up a message to the effect of 'try the installation again' with a "Restart" button flashing on & off. Just to check things out, I ran a "Command - V" request at startup and found a message of the "ATI Rage ndrv old" and said it 'referred to the registry for updating'. Also, a "Apple PMU::PMU forced shutdown, cause= -122" was revealed...So, after checking the meaning of this error message through Apple's online support, it looks like the power supply MAY be starting to fail. Are there any more tests I can do to check the power supply? I was hoping to reinstall the OS and upgrade to a faster machine.
*UPDATE*: The front panel power "ON" button only glows briefly, then goes out; is this a reliable symptom of a failed power supply unit? I also changed the logic board battery, for what it's worth. Any help would greatly appreciated. Terry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
